Ajay NairSummary of Learning how to learnThis is the summary of learning how to learn course in Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learnJun 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021
Ajay NairMy life at CMUI graduated from CMU in Dec 2020. Even though it’s been a month since I graduated, I still sometimes get up midway into my sleep worried…Jan 29, 2021Jan 29, 2021
Ajay NairLife in the US vs India — being a miserA joke that I often hear is that Indians who come to the US are stingy. I thought it is a good idea to explain why most of us behave that…Jan 9, 2021Jan 9, 2021
Ajay NairHow to scale database cacheOften when asked about scaling cache in a microservice architecture, novice developers start talking about distributed cache which can be…Oct 26, 2020Oct 26, 2020
Ajay NairDo we need feminism in India?Till a few minutes back I was chatting with an old friend about issues in and around India. We talked about religion, castism, beef, south…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
Ajay NairHow to scale a databaseOften when developers are asked to scale a database they talk about using sharding, switching to noSQL etc. All of these can be an…Oct 10, 2020Oct 10, 2020
Ajay NairBlog 2 — Downfall of Nokia in IndiaI remember just a few years ago everyone in my family and friends owned Nokia phones. I did not even know about other brands. Nokia had…Sep 13, 2020Sep 13, 2020